Nikolozi has updated Mela, available as a FREE download with optional in-app purchases.
What’s new in version 7.11:
- Splitter
- The Splitter module works like a Stack, but the submodules at odd positions, starting with the first, act as audio splitters.
- A splitter processes its input and passes its output to the following submodule,
- Subtracting that output from the original input leaves a residual, which is passed to the next splitter and processed in the same way.
- The module’s output is the sum of all processed signals and any residual remaining at the end,
- The Splitter module can create many types of effects.
- Using filters at odd positions creates a multi-band processor
- Stereo Tool or Mid-Side modules enable independent left/right or mid/side processing.
- A Level module can act as a crossfader between two processing chains.
- Modulating the Level module with an Envelope Follower makes it possible to process transients and sustain independently.
- Added Splitter as an option to the Nest submenu.
- Factory Patches: Added a “Haas Effect” subpatch demonstrating how easily the effect can be created using the Splitter Stereo Tool, and Delay modules
- Splitter is a Mela Lab module and part of Collection
- Other Changes
- Arpeggiator: Modelled after Mod Steps the Svnc parameter now includes a Free mode, letting you instantly play and holc the note selected by Position, ignoring Mode, Gate, Offset, and Retrigger
- Arpeggiator: Smoothed the animation when switching to and from Manual mode.
- Unison and Stack: Improved interfaces with stack item selectors now also showing signal flow indicators and the add module button, allowing modules to be quickly appended to the stack
- Unison and Stack: Modulators. Audio Out and MIDI Out now respect the On parameter of their containina Stack or Unison module.
- Frequency Shifter: The Mix parameter now defaults to 100%.
- Chorus, Flanger, Phaser: Updated their avouts to match newer modules, improving their appearance and making them more compact.
- Nest Submenu: Added Digital Delay as an option to quickly insert the selectec module inside a Digital Delay’s sublane.
- Level Meter: Now correctly displays an empty meter and -inf before the host starts processing audio.
- Patches: Empty Untitled and restored patches no longer show a discard confirmation when selecting another patch
- Patches: Saving a factory patch now asks for confirmation before overwriting a patch with the same name in the destination folder.
- Modules: Dropping a module back into its original position no longer creates an undc action.
Mela is a modular music-making tool that scales with your needs. With its intuitive interface, you can seamlessly build fully custom polyphonic synthesisers, unique audio effects, and complex MIDI processors. Mela can run as a standalone app on iOS and macOS or as an AUv3 plug-in inside your favourite DAW such as AUM, Drambo, Logic Pro and many more.
In Mela, presets are constructed using modules arranged on lanes, where signals flowing through the lanes are processed by the modules. Audio and MIDI signals can be sent and received to and from the host or routed between lanes using internal buses. Modulator modules can target any module parameter on any lane. Lanes and modules are easily added, removed, or rearranged, allowing you to design presets as simple or complex as needed. Mela comes with 76 modules, with new ones added with every update. The following are some examples from different categories.
Mela can be loaded inside a host as one of the following plug-in types: Instrument, Audio Effect or MIDI Processor. The only difference is the number of audio and MIDI inputs and outputs. Otherwise, the features are identical, and a preset created in one type can be opened by another.
Modules are organised into collections. Collection 0 is free, allowing you to test out Mela’s features. Other collections can be purchased via in-app purchases. The following is a list of all modules.
- Collection 0: Amp Envelope, Arpeggiator, Audio In, Audio Out Group, LFO, Meter, MIDI Group, MIDI In, MIDI Meter MIDI Out, MIDI-to-Poly, Notepad, Overlap Remover, Poly-to-Mono, Relative Pitch, Stack, Stereo Delay, Transposer, VA Filter, VA Oscillator, Volume.
- Collection 1: Balance. Chord, Chorus. Compressor. Control Change, Distortion, DS Oscillator, Envelope Follower, Envelope Generator, Flanger, Glide, Level. MIDI Logger, MIDI Source, Noise, Note Echo, Note Length, Note Range, Note Stack, Phaser, Pitch Bend Random, Scale, Strummer, Velocity.
- Collection 2: Clipper, Comb Filter, DC Blocker, Degrader, EQ Band, Fixed Pitch, FM Operator, Macro, MIDI Capture, MIDI Channel, Oscilloscope, Pitch Oscilloscope, Pitch Ratio, Rectifier, Vibrato, Voice Activity, VPS Oscillator.
- Collection 3: All Pass. Audio-to-Mod. Band Pass. Correlation Digital Delay, Dual Pan, Euclid, Macro Button, Mid- Side, Multiply-Add, Noise Gate, Note Chance, Note Event, Pitch Follower, Reverb, Ring Mod, Simple LFO, Stereo Pan. Stereo Tool.
- Collection 4: Crossover, Delay, Effect, Feedback, Gain, Gain Computer, Groove, MIDI Delay, Note Hold, Note Pulse, Note-to-Pitch, Phase Distortion, Pitch Ramp, Quantiser, Splitter, Vel-to-Amp.
- Collection 5: CC Modulator, Frequency Shifter, Limiter, MIDI Echo, Mod Oscilloscope, Mod Steps, Slew, Unison, XY
Mela is available to iOS and MacOS users (AUv3).
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